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February 06, 2013

New Reveals!

Thanks for listening if you tuned in to my chat with Pat Sloan on Monday fr American Patchwork & Quilting Radio. If you missed it, you can still listen to the podcast. Click on the link below:

If you did listen, you might be more curious about some of the things we chatted about.

First of all, I have a new fabric line that quilt shop owners are able to order now and it will be in stores in June 2013. It is called Nordic Visions and is totally inspired by my Scandinavian heritage. I love the mixture of traditional prints with the modern and the colorways will give your quilts wonderful contrast and variety.

You can pick and choose just a few prints for a distinct look or mix them all together. It works out wonderfully either way you go! Believe me, I have been playing with these since November!

I have 2 new patterns that will be ready to ship March 1st.

Nordic Christmas is a very Scandinavian ispired Christmas quilt with a modern spin. It combines some of the motifs I grew up with around the Christmas season like the 4 advent candles, folded paper hearts we used to make and the very traditional scandinavian snowflake found in knitting and embroidery. Even though the fabric line is not a Christmas line the reds, greys, blacks and whites with a touch of green and gold give it the perfect modern look. The pattern consists of 10 blocks so stores can offer it as a Block of the Month.

The blocks are mostly pieced with a few that have some simple fusible machine appliqué.

The second pattern is a new strip pattern, called Strip Ribbons. There you can see an example of combining all of the prints into a quilt and it is so fun. The pattern offers 4 different sizes and uses 2-1/2" strips of course.

Me and pat also talked about a new book I am working on right now. It will be released for spring Quilt Market in Portland. It is a new Fast & Furious book but the final title is not quite ready yet, I have a couple of working titles going right now!

As you might know, all of the projects in the Fast & Furious books are done with a Quilt As You Go method which makes them all....you know....fast and furious!!

If you have any of these books and have enjoyed some of the projects, I would love to hear which kinds of projects you would like to see in the new book.

I would love to see a pattern for a back of the couch quilt. Maybe 4 or 5 feet long and 3 feet wide to drape over the back of the couch? Bigger than a table runner but could be used on one if your table is big enough. Love your books!!